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Soccer Legend Cristiano Ronaldo to Return to Manchester United

Soccer Legend Cristiano Ronaldo to Return to Manchester United

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is heading back to England to play for the team where he became a legend.Manchester United...

First Group of Afghan Evacuees Arrives in Albania

First Group of Afghan Evacuees Arrives in Albania

​A first group of 121 evacuees from Afghanistan arrived early Friday in Albania, after the country agreed to temporarily house...

Apple CEO Brings Home $750 Million Bonus

Apple CEO Brings Home $750 Million Bonus

It pays to be the leader of Apple.The company’s CEO, Tim Cook, was recently given a bonus of $750 million...

Airport Security Goes High-tech as US Nears 20 Years Since 9/11

Airport Security Goes High-tech as US Nears 20 Years Since 9/11

As the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, VOA’s Julie Taboh looks at some of the technology that works to keep...

Nigeria, Russia Sign Military Agreement

Nigeria, Russia Sign Military Agreement

Abuja and Moscow have signed an agreement for the former to buy nearly $1 billion in military equipment and services,...

Turkey Resists Calls to Host Afghan Refugees

Turkey Resists Calls to Host Afghan Refugees

With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, the European Union is looking to Turkey to bear the brunt of an...

Foreigners Who Live, and Love It, in Ukraine

Foreigners Who Live, and Love It, in Ukraine

Ukraine, which is marking 30 years of independence this August, is among Europe’s poorest countries. But its vibrant culture and...

1991’s Failed Anti-Perestroika Soviet Coup Remembered

1991’s Failed Anti-Perestroika Soviet Coup Remembered

Thirty years ago, a group of Soviet hard-liners attempted a coup in the Soviet Union aimed at stopping reforms started...

Tech Companies Pledge Billions in Cybersecurity Investments

Tech Companies Pledge Billions in Cybersecurity Investments

Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to...

European Rights Court Urges Poland, Latvia to Help Migrants at Belarus Border

European Rights Court Urges Poland, Latvia to Help Migrants at Belarus Border

The European Court of Human Rights has asked Poland and Latvia to help dozens of migrants trapped at their respective...

Members of Afghan Robotics Team Reach Mexico

Members of Afghan Robotics Team Reach Mexico

Five members of an Afghan girls robotics team have arrived in Mexico after evacuating from their home country. The girls landed in Mexico...

NASA Postpones Planned ISS Spacewalk

NASA Postpones Planned ISS Spacewalk

Officials with the U.S. space agency NASA has postponed a spacewalk scheduled for Tuesday at the International Space Station (ISS).NASA...

YouTube Says It Has Removed 1 Million ‘Dangerous’ Videos on COVID 

YouTube Says It Has Removed 1 Million ‘Dangerous’ Videos on COVID 

YouTube said Wednesday that it had removed more than 1 million videos with “dangerous coronavirus misinformation” since the start of the...

Wildfires in Russia Spread to Central Regions    

Wildfires in Russia Spread to Central Regions   

Russia’s central regions on Wednesday battled “extreme” wildfires fueled by an unusual heatwave that comes after forest fires linked to...

Kabul Evacuations Intensify as G-7 Leaders Fail to Shift US Deadline

Kabul Evacuations Intensify as G-7 Leaders Fail to Shift US Deadline

U.S. allies say they have no choice but to follow the American timetable and withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by...

Britain Considers Bringing Back Beavers After 400 Years

Britain Considers Bringing Back Beavers After 400 Years

The British government is considering plans to release beavers back into the wild across England some four centuries after the...

Poland Accuses Belarus of Pushing Migrants Its Way 

Poland Accuses Belarus of Pushing Migrants Its Way 

Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that Belarus was purposely encouraging migrants from the Middle East to enter Poland to destabilize the...

Reported Turkish Drone Attacks Over Syria Raise Kurdish Concerns

Reported Turkish Drone Attacks Over Syria Raise Kurdish Concerns

U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria say they are increasingly concerned about a wave of Turkish drone attacks against their commanders...

Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at Age 80

Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at Age 80

Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used...

Turkey Rebuffs Europe’s Call to Host Afghan Refugees

Turkey Rebuffs Europe’s Call to Host Afghan Refugees

The European Union and Britain are looking to Turkey to become a hub to process Afghan refugees seeking sanctuary in...

Turkish Women Rally for Afghan Women, Condemn the Taliban 

Turkish Women Rally for Afghan Women, Condemn the Taliban 

Turkish women gathered outside the Afghan consulate in Istanbul to show their solidarity with Afghan women and to condemn the Taliban’s...

Will Afghanistan Create Another Migrant Crisis for Europe?   

Will Afghanistan Create Another Migrant Crisis for Europe?   

Greece has completed the construction of a border fence along its frontier with Turkey, as European fears grow of an influx...